Welcome to No Kings Boston!
We’re so glad you’re here! This event has been organized by a volunteer team fully committed to peace, safety, and nonviolence. We ask you to participate in that spirit.
We’re expecting a lot of people today! We have power in our numbers, and we must also have care for each other. Throughout the day please be aware of everyone around you. Being patient and maintaining space will help keep everyone safe.
No Kings organizers are in contact with the Boston Police and they will be present at No Kings to help control the flow of traffic. Unless there is an imminent threat of violence (highly unlikely!), we ask you to seek a vested volunteer before the police.
Please read on for more information to help you have a positive experience today. And remember: this is a first step! There are resources below to help you stay engaged in the fight for our collective future.
Schedule
Main Stage
11:50 AM | Good Trouble Brass Band
12:10 PM | Rahsaan Hall
12:18 PM | BVocal
12:30 PM | Mayor Wu
12:37 PM | Chadwick Stokes
1:00 PM | Jonathan Gramling and Toussaint
1:23 PM | Rosie and the Resisters
1:33 PM | Rev Mariama White Hammond
1:44 PM | Abbie Barrett
1:55 PM | Carol Rose and Kevin Brousseau
2:03 PM | Rosie and the Resisters
2:18 PM | The Sheila Divine
Guerilla Theater
Near Parkman Bandstand
1:00 PM | SNOW
1:30 PM | American Gulag
2:00 PM | SNOW
2:30 PM | American Gulag
Performers
Tabling Organizations
Massachusetts Teachers’ Association
Mothers Out Front Massachusetts
Movement Voter Project
Mutual Aid Medford & Somerville (MAMAS)
National Move to Amend
Old Dykes Affinity Group
People’s Pledge of Solidarity
Progressive Massachusetts
SURJ Boston
The Educational Freedom Project
Tesla Takedown + Stand Up for Science
UU Mass Action
350 Mass
ACLU Massachusetts
Activist Evenings Indivisible Brookline
Boston Indivisible
FLARE
FUN
Homes for All Massachusetts
Indivisible Mass Coalition
Indivisible/Progressive Mass Cambridge
JALSA
Mass 50501
Massachusetts Peace Action
Safety & Solidarity Guidelines
Stick with a buddy or your group.
Make a plan in case you get separated.
Be aware of your surroundings (who is around you, where exit paths are located, etc.)
Embrace the joy of community and generosity of spirit. Introduce yourself to a fellow marcher.
Be alert rather than fearful.
Singing a song together is the best way to calm a group of people.
Ignore agitators and stay focused on democracy. If you encounter an agitator, walk away, deny them fuel and attention, and encourage others to do the same.
Walk with linked arms to show our solidarity.
Clean up after yourself.
Maintain space and be patient.
Staying Involved, Safely
We hope you’ll stay involved in the fight for democracy. When you consider attending future actions, we encourage you to assess your safety concerns through two lenses: YOU and the ENVIRONMENT.
YOU: Consider whether your identity or status (e.g., race, immigration status) may put you at risk and assess your tolerance for exposure. Also consider safety factors such as:
Is an event during the day or after dark?
Is an event stated as non-violent?
What is the likelihood of agitators outnumbering us at this event?
Using this formulation, you would determine that today’s event is during the day, explicitly non-violent, and if there are any agitators, we would greatly outnumber them.
After making these considerations you can make adjustments such as:
Deciding how visually identifiable you want to be.
Deciding how secure you want to make your phone.
Learning the National Lawyers Guild MA phone number: 617-433-8353
We encourage you to review and share:
Calls to Action
Protect our immigrant neighbors who are being profiled, threatened, and kidnapped
Join a community ICE watch group so agents know we are watching them, volunteer to assist with vital mutual aid, bond and legal needs, and stand out in solidarity at ICE offices. More information from organizations, including LUCE, MIRA, BIJAN, and Bearing Witness @ ICE in Burlington.
Fight with your dollars
Hit them where it hurts by boycotting corporations and billionaires that are doing Trump’s bidding. Don’t check out at the checkout; patriotic dissent happens everywhere!
Hold your Reps accountable
Keep the pressure on and keep calling them out. Use the 5Calls app. Email and show up at their offices. If they can’t fix this, we’ll find others who will.
Sing-a-long Lyrics
BVocal
First Amendment
Nobody gonna hold us back.
No bully gonna knock us down.
No fear gonna silence us.
No order gonnna shut us up.
Rosie and the Resisters
American the Beautiful
Oh beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountains’ majesty
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown they good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
Oh beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm they soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
Gonna Turn Me Around Stand Together
Ain’t gonna let nobody
Turn me ‘round
Turn me ‘round
Turn me ‘round
Aint gonna let nobody turn me ‘round.
Gonna keep on walking, keep on talking
Gonna bring our country back.
Stand Together
When we all stand/sing/pull/work together,
we grow our village stronger:
We are stronger than we realize;
So stand/sing/pull/work together, love each other, share in joy and sorrow,
And we’ll grow our village stronger,
this we know
This Land is Your Land
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island
From the Redwood Forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for your and me.
As I went walking that ribbon of highway
I saw above me that endless skyway
I saw below me that golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
In the square of the city,
in the shadow of a steeple,
By the relief office, I’ve seen my people.
As they stood there hungry,
I stood there asking
Is this land made for you and me?
Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.